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I just watched the video. I don’t know anything about Crowder — never heard of him before. I agree that this particular issue makes the left look bad, but I wouldn’t say it’s Crowder making the left look bad; I’d say it’s certain people on the left taking an unreasonable position that makes the...

I kind of agree with most of your post, but not the thread title. I think people should vote for the best candidate all things considered. Party doesn’t necessarily have much to do with it. Even if everyone cared only about a candidate’s policy positions and not his personal qualities, it’s easy...

Most variations of this question seem pretty easy. (She can reject costars if her contract says she can. If it says she can’t, she can either accept the costar or she can quit. If she quits, she might have to pay damages.) The most interesting variation of this question I can think of would be...

It's per day, although it seems more like a wild guess than a careful estimate. I think a fairly common felony is throwing away misdelivered junk mail.

Some here may be familiar with potholer54's terrific series of videos on Creationism, and then subsequently on climate change. He's got one now on GMOs. Genetic Modification -- science vs belief

If he wants the Amendment to overturn Citizens United, he should probably add "or on electioneering communications" to the end of it. I don't think it's at all clear that Hillary: The Movie would be deemed part of an election campaign.

I believe coloradoatheist is referring to a situation in which no services have actually been rendered, in which case the answer is no.

All I can say is that if you find sex unexceptional, there's a chance you're doing it wrong. :P

My belief that sex is exceptional isn't an arbitrary premise; it's an informed observation. The fact that most people consider it to be exceptionally personal and intimate is probably why prostitution is (generally) illegal in the first place.

I can't tell if that's a yes or a no. Prostitution, and regulations regarding it, are self-evidently about both sex and business. The reason prostitution should be treated differently from other businesses is because of the sex aspect. The business of sex is different from the business of...

And you don't think the state's refusal to allow you to be legally employed as a prostitute (based on the fact that you racially discriminate) counts as penalizing you? If you do think it counts as penalizing you, I have no idea how I'm misrepresenting your position. Can you clarify? If you...

Thanks. I agree that what the law is in any given jurisdiction is irrelevant to what the law should be. I made a quick case for what I think the law should be in post #506, and you responded in posts #508 and #511 appearing to say what the law is -- though seeming to get it wrong, for the most...

I am aware of lots of anti-discrimination laws that do not apply to individual prostitutes. You're saying that you're aware of some that do, but you're not going to tell me where? Not even a hint? Say, for example, that you (mistakenly) have Nevada in mind, or Australia. The reason you're not...

Are we? Which law? You keep posting as if anti-discrimination laws apply to individual prostitutes. Do you have a jurisdiction in mind where that's true? I'm genuinely curious.

Do you have a particular jurisdiction in mind where a prostitute's refusal to accept black clients constitutes illegal behavior? As I said before, I don't know of any.

Do you have a particular jurisdiction in mind where that's the rule for prostitutes? I don't know of any. Moreover, that shouldn't be the rule for prostitutes. People should have the right to decline having sex with anyone for any reason without being penalized by the state, even if that...

I haven't read all 500+ posts in this thread, so I apologize if I'm repeating what others have said. It seems to me that we humans tend to value a number of mutually inconsistent freedoms, including: 1. The freedom to do business, or to refuse doing business, with anyone we want. 2. The...

Interesting. That link appears to contradict other articles I've seen. In any case, I disagree that, to make zorq's argument persuasive, it'd be enough to show that raising current taxes would lower the debt burden of future taxpayers. We'd also have to show that raising current taxes would not...

Redressing past wrongs is part of it, but there's also the belief that a diverse (including racially diverse) student body enhances the students' educational experiences. That's why, for example, many historically black colleges are trying to attract more white students (sometimes even offering...

The two dissenters did not argue that race-blind admissions policies are inherently unconstitutional. They agree that state university school boards should be free to enact race-blind admissions policies. What they object to is taking racial preferences, and only racial preferences, out of the...